Really simple: DO NOT live here!
I wish someone else would have said something, so...
On the surface it looks like a slightly dumpy old complex that might actually be OK, but there is so much more going on here.
The location is right on the border of where it starts to be a bad part of town - plenty of graffiti and sketchy people.
It seems like this place never gets cleaned on a regular basis. Band aids and big white stains were very common on the west side (upstairs). Really easy to spot; not
...cleaned for many weeks.
This goes along with maintenance requests that you have to fight to get fulfilled. We often felt like it was just better to let it go. Before we moved, there was a different smoke alarm out every single weekend for a couple months. Aside from the annoyance (try to sleep with that beeping all night) it sure seems like something they'd want to fix for safety sake. Nope.
Getting to know Amie... Rather than getting things fixed, she will talk about how hard this all is and that she needs to get out of property management. That's if you can find her, there have been a lot of missed Saturdays and even vacations the owners aren't aware of. We know because we were trying to find her for...REPAIRS!!
Rent seems high for the area/quality of the building. A lot of landlords will cover gas and water.
Not here. Here it's an additional 30-40 bucks a month from a shared billing system that's very suspect.
The building is rent controlled, but know that the owners will jack your rent to the maximum allowed at the end of your lease.
Also, the building required an earthquake retro-fit. So guess what the owners did? They forced the tenants to cover the costs. That's right, though we had leases IN WRITING, we received notice that we would be required to pay an additional fee each month to cover their retrofit. We don't own the building, why were we paying for that?
Looking for a positive... The dishwasher was fantastic!!
Like I said NEVER live here!
Max of 2. Total Pets - Max 2 Allowed.